The day book. (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, August 04, 1913, Image 8

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3hould have yielded an easy triparound the bases. His first one traveled over the head of Stengel in center, scoring Williams. Tom reachedihird. His second; a regular wallop,went to the remote corner of leftfield. Three men were on bases atthe time, and Tom was so interestedstudying their form as they ran thathe only progressed as far as second.As he later scored on each occasion,he was responsible' for six of the Cubruns. President Murphy is thinkingof firing Archer and Bresnahan andhiring a small boy to keep Tom'sfeet manicured so he will be in thegame regularly. Most catchers havetrouble with their arms, but Tom'sfeet are his greatest handicap.As a ball game yesterday's affairwas a fine example of a meeting ofthe H. H. harmony crew. Everybodywas knocking. Each team made 16hits, the Cubs traveling 28 bases andthe Dodgers 24. Two doubles, fourtriples and an equal number of homeruns were kicked in among a flock ofsingles. Leach walloped a single,double and homer, Williams two singles and a homer, Schulte a homer,Saier a pair of singles, Evers thesame, and Needham celebrated withhis bob-tailed round-trip clouts. Forthe Dodgers Stengel clubbed a triple !and homer, Cutshaw and Fisher eachpoled a triple and two singles, andMiller and Smith jammed a coupleof mere one-basers, being quiteashamed of their weakness.Brooklyn played the same kind ofgame that has resulted in its slippingdown among the ruck in the pennantrace. Nine of their sturdy bingieswere absolutely wasted and elevenmen were'left on bases. Only twoCubs were marooned. Lavender,Ragan and Wagner claimed after thegame that they had pitched. Someguys have a lot of nerve.Bill Brennan, the demon umpire,put in an unpleasant afternoon.When the players weren't hammering the ball they knocked Bill, just tokeep their hands in. He allowedSchulte a homer on a ball that hitthe screen and stayed in the field. Itshould have been a two-bagger, butBill said it lit in the bleachers. BullWagner got four balls, but Brennansaid it was only three, his indicatormissing a stroke. The next time Bullcame to bat he was given a walk on 'iJa ball that split the plate. Bill is afair-minded guy and likes to eventhings up.Several W. C. T. U. representativesare disgusted with the performancesof the past two days. Both Vic Saierand Bud Stengel have hit the boozesteadily, and, notwithstanding drunkclauses in their contracts, have notbeen fined. Vic slammed the ballagainst a tin whiskey sign for thelone Cub run Saturday, and Stengeldented the same spot yesterday.If the Cubs had lost yesterday JohnEvers would probably have runamuck at the park, frothing at themouth and biting people on the ankle.Because he surely acted like a madguy in the last New York game Sat-urday. He chased himself around incircles, his little pink tongue hanging out, and threatened to do greatbodily harm to several athletes. Inthe third inning of. that game Leach 1reached first on a walk. Evers thenslapped a grounder to second andLeach was forced out. Tom had tostop to let the ball go by or it wouldhave hit him, and he would havebeen out anyhow. This reverse running peeved Evers, and at the closeof the inning he spoke harshly toLeach as they walked to the field. Noone is handing Leach a hundred frog inskins to keep his mouth shut, so hebarked back at his manager, andthen started for him, with a fist ineach hand. Al Bridwell interposed asa peacemaker and a scrap was averted. The next time Leach came to bathe was loudly cheered, and Evers, onhis next trip, received a swell panning. Later in the game' Evers picked upan old ball and slammed it into theNew York bench. As Wilbert Robin-